Certificate & Degree Programs

The Professional Certificate in Visual Storytelling, Certificate in Collaborative Filmmaking and the Low-residency MFA programs at MMC are for artists interested in engaging in a rigorous educational experience in the media arts fields of photography, filmmaking, and multimedia.

Workshops

Hundreds of workshops are offered each year in every aspect of photography and filmmaking, as well as selected courses in writing and book arts. Classes are from Beginner to Master levels, and range from 1 week Workshops to 10 and 12 + Week Intensives.

Life at Maine Media

Students, instructors, faculty and staff mix, mingle, eat and exchange ideas together on MMW+C's 20-acre campus, which is within walking distance to the iconic coastal village of Rockport. Beyond that is Maine’s spectacular MidCoast region, encompassing harbors, ocean, mountains and beautiful natural landscapes.

This four week sequence of workshops explore the art and craft of cinematography in a series of master classes, lectures, presentations and demonstrations. Unlike other master classes offered online, you will engage with instructors in real time – not through pre-recorded lectures.

Many of these presentations will allow you to experience key facets and lectures from classes that are otherwise only available to students attending week-long workshops on our Maine campus.

Workshops in the first three weeks are limited to a max 50 participants, and are held in 2.5 hour sessions Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Week four features FIVE MASTER CLASSES (Monday-Friday) with some of the world’s most accomplished cinematographers. These classes will run approximately 2.5 hours and will feature these cinematographers discussing their art, craft and celebrated careers. Each class will offer participants the opportunity to ask questions.

Faculty:

Rachel Morrison, ASC

Cinematographer Rachel Morrison, ASC works at the forefront of cinema, channeling each story’s core emotion into arresting imagery. Her work has a haunting quality at times, and a beautiful elegance at others. For her work on Mudbound, in 2018, she became the first woman to be nominated for a Best Cinematography Oscar and for Best Feature Film by the American Society of Cinematographers. Additionally, she is the first woman to have lensed a Marvel superhero movie, the box office hit Black Panther. She has been nominated for two Emmys and earned the New York Film Critic’s Circle award for Best Cinematography.

Matthew Libatique, ASC

A two-time Oscar nominee and one of the most celebrated cinematographers working today, Matthew has collaborated with director Darren Aronofsky on six films: BLACK SWAN, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, PI, THE FOUNTAIN, NOAH, and MOTHER! His other credits include A STAR IS BORN, IRON MAN, IRON MAN 2, BIRDS OF PREY: AND THE FANTABULOUS LIBERATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN, NATIVE SON, VENOM, RUBY SPARKS, COWBOYS & ALIENS, INSIDE MAN, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND, CHI-RAQ, TIGERLAND, TUPAC: LIVE AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES, and EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED. He is currently working on THE PROM, directed by Ryan Murphy.

He has shot music videos for Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, The Cure, Moby, Lou Reed and Metallica, and many others.

Jonathan Freeman, ASC

Jonathan is a three-time Emmy winner and five-time ASC Award winner, most recently celebrated for his work on numerous episodes of GAME OF THRONES and BOARDWALK EMPIRE. His other television credits include the new Apple+ series DEFENDING JACOB, the historical drama ROME, the Steven Spielberg-produced miniseries TAKEN, and the pilots for RAY DONOVAN, SONS OF ANARCHY, and DAMAGES.

Steven Fierberg, ASC

Steven Fierberg, ASC, is an award-winning cinematographer and director, receiving an ASC Award for Best Cinematography and a Latin Grammy.

In 2019, he completed shooting the Golden Globe-winning series The Affair, directing two episodes. He did additional photography on Patty Jenson’s upcoming Wonder Woman 1984 and shot the first season of Darren Star’s new series, Emily in Paris.

A native of Detroit, Fierberg escaped to Stanford University as a National Merit Scholar. He spent his senior year in England in an exchange program with Oxford, studying British drama, film and photography. He then plunged into New York’s underworld of graffiti art and punk noir films, working with Paul Morrissey, Scott and Beth B, and Paul Bartel. At the same time, he apprenticed for Los Angeles cinematographers Adam Greenberg and Dean Cundey.

Igor Martinović

An award-winning Director of Photography, Igor’s work spans feature films, episodic television, documentary features, and commercials. A two-time Emmy nominee and winner of an ASC award, his credits include HOUSE OF CARDS (Emmy nomination), HBO’s THE NIGHT OF (ASC award), HBO’s new series THE OUTSIDER, Errol Morris’s Netflix mini-series WORMWOOD, the Oscar-winning documentary feature MAN ON WIRE about tightrope walker Philippe Petit (which also won the BAFTA for Best British Film as well as the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for 2008), KEITH RICHARDS: UNDER THE INFLUENCE, the Oscar-nominated documentary WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? (for which he was also nominated for an Emmy), WALLANDER, NURSE JACKIE, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S HIGH HOPES, FREELANCERS starring Robert DeNiro, the upcoming feature LOST GIRLS, and Errol Morris’s documentary feature AMERICAN DHARMA.

Igor made his directorial debut in 2020 with an episode of HBO’s THE OUTSIDER.

He has also shot commercials for brands like Porsche, Coach, and E-Trade.

Michael Goi, ASC

An accomplished director and cinematographer, Michael’s directing credits include the 2019 feature Mary starring Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer, Nashville, American Horror Story, and Pretty Little Liars. He also wrote and directed the features Megan is Missing and Voyeur. His cinematography credits include American Horror Story, Mary, Web Therapy, Glee, Scream Queens, Bloodline, The New Normal, Mr. Sunshine, My Name is Earl, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Life on Mars, The Mentalist and many other shows and features. As a Director of Photography, he has earned Emmy nominations for his work on American Horror Story, Glee and My Name Is Earl. He also landed American Society of Cinematographers nominations for The New Normal pilot, American Horror Story, and TV movies The Fixer and Judas. He is a member of the National Executive Board of the International Cinematographers Guild, the Directors Guild Of America, the Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences and the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences. He regularly mentors students for various industry programs.

Ben Kutchins

Natalie Kingston

Natalie Kingston is an award winning cinematographer with an extensive background shooting features, commercials, music videos and shorts. She shot Sam Pollard’s grammy-nominated film Two Trains Runnin’ - a New York Times Critic Pick - narrated by Common and featuring the music of Gary Clark Jr. Natalie was behind the lens of music videos for artists Billie Eilish, PJ Morton and many more. She was the cinematographer of the award-winning commercial - Ready to Speak Up for Boots No.7, featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She co-shot the 2018 Award-winning Documentary Feature "Bathtubs over Broadway". Her most recent feature film, Lost Bayou - a 2018 IFP narrative lab project and Duplass Brothers grant recipient, will premiere in 2019. She is a member of the International Collective of Female Cinematographers.

Adrian Peng Correia

("GLOW", "Ramy") Adrian Peng Correia is an award-winning cinematographer, who has lensed projects all over the world. Over the last decade he has shot dozens of feature films, commercials, documentaries and short films.

Bill Holshevnikoff

Bill Holshevnikoff is an Emmy-winning Lighting Designer, Director of Photography and educator. Holshevnikoff has been lighting and shooting broadcast, corporate, documentary programming, and feature films for over 30 years. He has created stunning lighting and imagery for clients such as Ritz-Carlton, Marriott Resorts, ESPN, CNN, National Geographic, Four Seasons, Mercedes-Benz, Infinity and for numerous television networks throughout the world.

Leland Krane

Leland Krane is a New York based Local 600 ICG Director of Photography with over twenty years of experience in film and television. He moves from operating camera on a dozen major TV productions, including "The Americans", "Bull", "Luke Cage", "Iron Fist", and "High Maintenance", to shooting shows for History, Discovery, Investigation Discovery and Comedy Central. He shoots and directs promos and commercials which air in the US, Europe and online. Leland’s feature cinematography credits include more than a dozen films, with stars such as Academy Award winning actress Melissa Leo, Elizabeth Banks, Frank Vincent, Dabney Coleman, Vincent Pastore, and Ali Larter. Leland’s work has been recognized by American Cinematographer, Indiewire, and the Wall Street Journal. He has taught Cinematography at The New School, SUNY Purchase, and guest lectured at NYU and the High School for Film and Television.

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We provide lifelong learning opportunities for those pursuing the fine arts and media-related professions. We are committed to fostering a diverse community that values creativity, respects culture, and seeks to deepen human understanding and expand communication in the world.

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